LAKE FOREST (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Authorities in Lake Forest are looking for a boater who disappeared on Lake Michigan Sunday afternoon.
This happened around 2:45 p.m. That's when the Lake Forest Fire Department responded to the Lake Forest Boat Launch for a report of a missing boater.
According to family members, the man was supposed to meet up with them around 2 p.m. but never showed up. Crews said they eventually found the boat amid the waves, but it was empty.
The boater's phone later pinged near Glencoe Beach and, at around 5:30 last night, the water search was suspended, while Coast Guard helicopters continued the search by air.
The helicopter search ended at 7:30 p.m.
The fire department resumed their surface search at around 8 a.m. for the man who has been identified as a 43-year-old Lake Forest resident.
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